What Do You Aspire To?
Posted by: Simcha Whitehill
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relationships
11:30AM, Friday February 6th 2009
Over half of the women in America are livin’ single. It’s an amazing statistic that shows just how far women have come in the past few decades. We’re not waiting around for a white wedding to jump start our lives anymore. After the jump, tell us what you aspire to in the 21st century.
I Aspire To ...
1. Get a promotion.
2. Own a bachelorette pad.
3. Host a dinner party that would make Martha Stewart jealous.
4. Pay off my college loans.
5. Have the foresight to know when someone isn’t right.
6. Get off in under 15 minutes—batteries not included.
7. Be able to put on lipstick without a mirror.
8. Donate money to charity.
9. Travel the world.
10. Keep on dreaming.
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Reagan
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 11:36 am: [report]
11). Have my own IRA and healthy 401k…
12). Win a writing contest
13). Sing karaoke in front of a large group of people
14). Go on a bonafide shopping spree
Humble Bee
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 11:53 am: [report]
Own a home, expand my own business, have up to 3 degrees, own a porsche before i’m 22, send my brothers and sisters to college, become Governor of California, lol. I’m not kidding, i really want to do that.
jerseygrl
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 12:07 pm: [report]
11) Be comfortable with my body naked.
12) Buy only the clothes I am REALLY going to wear. (that goes for shoes too)
13) Be a trustworthy friend.
14) Know how to change my own flat tire.
joyy
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 12:23 pm: [report]
I already bought land/vacation property, so I’m aspiring to build on it, which is a much bigger endeavor than just getting the land, yikes!
I’ve already started a solid conversation about negotiating a raise (documentation that my current salary is less than the range for my job should help ...)
I want to master baking bread - I live at 7k’ elevation and so far it has not turned out well.
Be more car-competent.
Get so comfortable in my job that I’m able to really take the stuff I do to a new level of efficacy - got a great new boss coming in so hopefully this will be a given!
Get in better shape (the perpetual goal) and climb harder.
CCstarlight08
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 12:41 pm: [report]
I did one thing recently…bought a new car myself! No help. I’m proud of that.
Some other ideas I’d have:
1. Teach both of my children that they alone dictate where their lives will go; they need to follow their dreams.
2. Learn to let go of the people in my life who offer only negativity…and cherish the ones who inspire me to be better than I am.
3. Learn the difference between loving someone and being IN love with someone…
4. Let go of the insecurities that plagued my 20s, and realize that I am an amazing woman with MANY talents!
5. Sing and dance more.
CuteCora
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 12:43 pm: [report]
Well how long can the list be:
1) Have a baby
2) Finally get my house with the BIG backyard
3) Win the lotto ( LOL..i know right)
4) Make more money
5) Get more fit and eat better ( big one for me)
6) Be more domestic….
Humble Bee
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 02:17 pm: [report]
CCStarlight08.
I love your aspirations, very acurate and deep!
Blueclover56
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 02:24 pm: [report]
1. Find what I want to do in life and finish up my bach degree.
2. Be more comfortable with my body naked (stole from jerseygrl)
3. Get off during sex. not only on my own.
4. Be more open to others opinions
gnathalie16
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 02:37 pm: [report]
Earn a PhD in psychology. Become fluent in french. Learn to love my short, curvy body. Not taking my friends and family for granted. Find the perfect LBD for every occasion. Also to focus less on material things…
vanya
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 02:48 pm: [report]
To raise our daughters to be truly fearless women - in life, love, work, education, style,etc. - who truly understand their value goes beyond their outward appearance.
EarthGoddess
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 03:03 pm: [report]
@vanya: Love it! Excellent!
I aspire to:
1. Get in better shape.
2. FINALLY get my drivers license for the first time ... at 29.
3. Keep my job, even though what my company does is pure luxury and no one NEEDS us, so I’m not sure if/when clients will stop calling.
4. Upgrade my home to something more spacious, unless the recession doesn’t allow me to (see #3).
LoveTravelYorkiesBaby
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 03:24 pm: [report]
1. Write a fun, light-hearted book that’s an overnight success, that earns me a movie deal too.
2. Start a blog that people enjoy visiting on and off throughout the day.
3. Fill my home with love at all times.
4. To truly be able to “shake it off” when i say I will.
5. be a great mom, but only when I’M ready—no matter how late it is.
6. Get more sleep.
7. Further define my personal clothing style.
8. never stop traveling—even when times are tough!
The Nomad
wrote on February 6 2009 @ 03:40 pm: [report]
-Learn a new language, preferably Arabic.
-Get a dog.
-Become more assertive with my family.
-Surf.
-Not wear jeans 7 days a week.
-Only buy books when I have finished the stack I just purchased.
-Transfer my cell’s phone book to paper so if I loose or break it, I won’t loose all the numbers (again).
-Get in the habit of writing people REAL letters every once in a while.
-Learn to cook.
outragesdale
wrote on February 7 2009 @ 10:52 am: [report]
I am starting graduate school this fall (oh god, oh god, I’ll be poor until I die but I will be so damn smart) and finish my novel. If I can wrap all of this up in four years, the next fifty will be nothing but gravy. Poor, poor student-loan payin’ gravy.
misspixie
wrote on February 7 2009 @ 03:02 pm: [report]
Outragesdale - good luck with grad school! It will be worth it!
Ooer…so what do I want to achieve?!
1. Get fully qualified as a lawyer (I finish law school in June and have to get a training contract for two years to compete…am scared I won’t get one…)
2. Buy my own place - or at the very least FINALLY move out from my parents’ house!
3. Travel more.
4. If i find one, get a man who actually appreciates me, not one who lets me do all the running (grr)
5. Own several pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes
6. Own a Vivienne Westwood jacket
7. Own a Chanel 2.55 bag.
Yes, yes, the last three are vacuuous, but those are the three I think I’ve probably got more chance of achieving than any of the others (apart from moving out…) xxx
skarlettgrl
wrote on February 7 2009 @ 03:24 pm: [report]
1. Get laid! (Yeah, It’s been a while)
2. Finally graduate with my BA (May 16th baby)
3. My own apartment! (No more obnoxious roomies)
Megs
wrote on February 7 2009 @ 08:38 pm: [report]
I’m a hairstylist, and I want to travel, teach and volunteer my time as such.
sue_she
wrote on February 7 2009 @ 09:01 pm: [report]
Be successful enough to take care of my mom, own at least one pair of Christian Louboutins, and lose enough weight to wear said CL’s and not want to kill myself.
SummerLane
wrote on February 8 2009 @ 08:03 am: [report]
-take a solo vacation (not easy with 2 kids under age 5)
-learn to drive a motorcycle
-learn to play the guitar
-get a Master’s Degree in Social Work
-own my own home
-get a Boxer (the dog not the athlete)
-raise my children to be loving, compassionate, and successful adults
-become financially responsible (I suck with money!)
crosenyc
wrote on February 8 2009 @ 12:37 pm: [report]
-finish the novel I’ve been working on for the past 10 years and get it published
-buy land and build my own alternative energy house
-break my long-term celibacy, but only with someone I really care about andwant to have sex with, not just someone who happens to be available and willing
-BlueClover56 #3, ditto
CCstarlight08, those are wonderful aspirations. Go for it!
SterlingSilver36
wrote on February 8 2009 @ 10:51 pm: [report]
-Be heavily involved in the national implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education [though with this presidential administration it may happen before I’m old enough to have a direct involvement]
-be a successful prosecutor (preferably the D.A for wherever I reside) while also holding a degree in Human Sexuality which would allow me to be a prosecutor by day and a sex educator by night, which are my two favorite things in the world. [I teach sex ed now with Planned Parenthood’s Teen health center]
-to breathe without worrying about what happens next. Just relax. I think this one will be the hardest to attain.
Arty
wrote on February 9 2009 @ 03:49 pm: [report]
1. Get out of debt. (Care to donate?)
2. Spawn. Or raise someone else’s spawn as my own.
lalaland
wrote on February 12 2009 @ 08:36 am: [report]
1. Take control of my finances.
2. Buy a car.
3. Decided on and get into a good MBA program.
4. Have my own cooking show (seriously, life dream).
5. Design and build my own home.
writergirl
wrote on February 12 2009 @ 03:02 pm: [report]
1. Finish my novel
2. Continue to grow as a person.
3. Continue to find each age with my son an enjoyment—not focus on the “hard” aspects of his given age.
4. More “couple time” for hubby and me.
5. Have more sex! AKA Get out of the married trap.
eden
wrote on February 13 2009 @ 02:10 am: [report]
I don’t have small aspirations, apart from to dress and look as awesomely as I think I look in my head (come on, victory rolls! You *will* happen without looking like something my cat yakked up) and generally do the living hell out of my fiance.
My aspirations will changes as my situations change. I’m a travelling graduate and I don’t know what will happen around the corner… I dont feel the need to make aspirations like ‘learn to drive’ or ‘grow as a person.’ I believe that when I need to, I’ll step up.